The World in Photos: Aug. 10 -- Aug. 17

Michael Robinson Chavez / The Los Angeles Times

A Russian convoy moves toward Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, alongside Georgians fleeing Gori. Eyewitnesses said Russians rounded up men, raped women and set fire to homes in ethnic Georgian villages in and around South Ossetia, a breakaway republic of Georgia.

A Russian convoy moves toward Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, alongside Georgians fleeing Gori. Eyewitnesses said Russians rounded up men, raped women and set fire to homes in ethnic Georgian villages in and around South Ossetia, a breakaway republic of Georgia. (Michael Robinson Chavez / The Los Angeles Times)